The renowned Muslim scholar Al-Hafiz Abdul-Ghani Al-Maqdisi has compiled this book bearing the abriged biographies of the Prophet and his Ten Companions who were given the glad tidings of Paradise.

It is our duty to know about the lives of the Prophet and his Companions in order to learn theteachings of Islam. For that purpose many books have been written to elobrate the subject with every possible detail available. But among all this book holds its position as it has all the information condensed in a very simple style.